never heard of this city in west virginia in the us until i read the saturday special report in the papers on yesterday. it seems that it has been labelled as america's fattest city, rightfully or wrongly the label had stuck since an associated press report in 2008.have you seen an xxl tee? i guess that's the usual oversized tee we usually see around here but you can find 10xl tees at workingman's store in huntington! gosh... can't imagine how big that is.
and the jeans that can fit waistlines up to 182cm! that's 4cm more than my height!
all these were blamed on the following:
- an increasingly sedentary lifestyle
- the prevalence of cheap processed food
- the aggressive marketing of fat- and sugar-laden fast food, fizzy drinks and snacks and
- the decline of home-cooking in dual-income households
it appears that such a confluence of factors are also increasingly found in asia. will there be a day when xxl tees be commonplace and no longer the biggest size available here? where people's height can be shorter than their waistlines?
i hope not.
photo credit: chua chin hon, the straits times
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